See also

Family of Charles Turner and Rosa Ann Wiffen

  • Husband:

  • Charles Turner (1863-1939)

  • Wife:

  • Rosa Ann Wiffen (1869-1959)

  • Marriage:

  • 10 Jun 1905

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hall Lane, Shenfield, Essex, England1 2

  •  

  • Charles a bachelor working as a labourer and son of John Turner a deceased labourer. Rosa a widow and daughter of Edward Whiffen a labourer Both of Shenfield, and witnessed by Fred Coresdale and John Daines

Husband: Charles Turner

  • Name:

  • Charles Turner3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Charley

  • Father:

  • John Turner (1823?-1891)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Anne Wright (1822?-1866)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • mariner, brick maker, labourer then a stoker5 6 7 8

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1863

  • Kirton, Suffolk, England3 9 5 6 7 8

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 7)

  • Church Lane, Kirton, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his widowed father John, brother George, and sisters Susannah and Eliza. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 17)

  • Volo, Grimsby Dock, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England5

  •  

  • an apprentice living with nine other crew. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 27)

  • The Street, Kirton, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • an married head of the household working as a brick maker and living alone in three rooms. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 37-38)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 42)

  • 4 Rustic Cottages, High Road, Shenfield, Essex, England7

  •  

  • a married lodger working as a general labourer and living in five rooms with widowed Martha Miles, his wife Rosa, and another lodger. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 58 yrs 6 mns)

  • 4 Rustic Cottages, High Road, Shenfield, Essex, England8

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a stoker at Brentwood gas works and living in three rooms with his wife Rosa. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q1 1939 (age 75)

  • Braintree "Registration District", Essex, England4

Wife: Rosa Ann Wiffen

  • Name:

  • Rosa Ann Wiffen10 11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant12

  • Birth:

  • 5 Jul 1869

  • Pond Farm, Great Bardfield, Essex, England10 13 14 15 7 8 12

  •  

  • daughter of Edward Wiffen (farm labourer) and Ann Wiffen formerly Freeman. 1881 census says born in Little Saling Essex and 1891 census says born in Finchingfield Essex

  • Baptism:

  • 28 Nov 1869 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Braintree Road, Great Bardfield, Essex, England11

  •  

  • daughter of Edward Whiffen (labourer) and Ann of Great Bardfield

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 1)

  • Great Bardfield, Essex, England14

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Edward and Ann, sons George and Steve? <difficult to read>, and daughters Frances, Ellen and Ada. Born in Great Bardfield Essex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 11)

  • Ingrave, Essex, England15

  •  

  • daughter as Roseanna living with her widowed father Edward, sister Ada, and brother Herbert. Born in Little Saling Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 22)

  • High Road, Shenfield, Essex, England16

  •  

  • daughter living in two rooms with her widowed father Edward, and brother Herbert. Born in Finchingfield Essex

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 31)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 41)

  • 4 Rustic Cottages, High Road, Shenfield, Essex, England7

  •  

  • married wife living in five rooms with her widowed former mother-in-law Martha Miles, her husband Charles, and another lodger. Born in Bardfield Essex and married for five years without children

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 51 yrs 11 mns)

  • 4 Rustic Cottages, High Road, Shenfield, Essex, England8

  •  

  • married wife living in three rooms with her husband Charles. Born in Bardfield Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 70)

  • 4 Rustic Cottages, High Road, Shenfield, Essex, England12

  •  

  • a widowed domestic servant living alone. Born on 5th July 1869

  • Death:

  • Q2 1959 (age 89)

  • Romford "Registration District", Essex, England17

Note on Wife: Rosa Ann Wiffen

Rosa previously married Frederick Miles (c1849-1901) in the second quarter of 1891 in the Billericay registration district18 19

Sources

1.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Shenfield St. Mary the Virgin marriages 1837-1918 ref:D/P 295/1/11 page:191 entry:381. Cit. Date: 19 January 2026.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Billericay 1905 quarter:2 volume:4a page:930. Cit. Date: 19 January 2026.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1863 quarter:1 volume:4a page:632. Cit. Date: 29 October 2025.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1939 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1237. Cit. Date: 19 January 2026.

5.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:3276 folio:89 schedule:86. Cit. Date: 18 January 2026.

6.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1476 folio:35 page:10 schedule:71. Cit. Date: 19 January 2026.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10009 class:RG78 piece:526 registration district:193 sub-district:1 enumeration district:14 schedule:193. Cit. Date: 19 January 2026.

8.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:8955 registration district:193 sub-district:1 enumeration district:14 schedule:226. Cit. Date: 19 January 2026.

9.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1758 folio:96 page:12 schedule:65. Cit. Date: 29 October 2025.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Dunmow 1869 quarter:3 volume:4a page:356. Cit. Date: 20 January 2026.

11.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Great Bardfield St. Mary the Virgin baptisms 1846-1876 ref:D/P 67/1/19 image:41 page:74 entry:589. Cit. Date: 20 January 2026.

12.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 1487F page:4 line:42 letter code:DBKT. Cit. Date: 19 January 2026.

13.

Birth Certificate. from Ancestry Clive Wiffen Family Tree by Clive Wiffen. Cit. Date: 20 January 2026. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

14.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1703 folio:103 page:7 schedule:24. Cit. Date: 20 January 2026.

15.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1757 folio:61 page:12 schedule:255. Cit. Date: 20 January 2026.

16.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1381 folio:178 page:27 schedule:158. Cit. Date: 20 January 2026.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Romford 1959 quarter:2 volume:5a page:455. Cit. Date: 20 January 2026.

18.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Billericay 1891 quarter:2 volume:4a page:453. Cit. Date: 20 January 2026.

19.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Billericay 1901 quarter:4 volume:4a page:326. Cit. Date: 20 January 2026.